In 1979, the band Magazin, then under the name "Mladi batali", was founded by Željko Baričić, Zoran Marinković, Miro Crnko, Igor Biočić and vocalist Majda Šoletić in Split then Yugoslavia.

In 1987, the band went on a major tour of Yugoslavia, and at the end of the year they released the self-titled album Magazin, which sold more than 500,000 copies and for which they received the "Zlatna ptica" award.

At the end of 1990, a large compilation "Svi najveći hitovi 1983-1990" (All the greatest hits 1983-1990) was released with 26 of the best songs of the group Magazin, sung by Ljiljana Nikolovska.

In 1991, instead of Ljiljana Nikolovska, the lead singer became Danijela Martinović who became popular during Split Festival, where she met Tonči Huljić.

In 1991 they released their 9th as a group and first with Danijela album titled Da mi te zaljubit' u mene (If I could make you fall in love with me).

Tonči Huljić kept on collaborating with Marina Tucaković who wrote "Djana", "Ostani nježan do kraja", "Ustani", "Svi igrači", "Tišina" and most notable song from that album “Bilo bi super”.

In 1993, they released a new album Došlo vrijeme (Time has come) and performed at the Melodije Hrvatskog Jadrana festival with the song "Neću se vratiti" ("I will not return").

The following year, they performed again at the Melodije Hrvatskog Jadrana with the song "Simpatija", a duet with Marija Bubić and won the Grand Prix of the festival.

[9] In 1995, Magazin won the "Dora" (Croatian pre-selection for Eurovision Song Contest) and they performed "Nostalgija” with opera singer Lidija Horvat-Dunjko.

[11][12] In the same year, an album called Nebo boje moje ljubavi (The sky of colour of my love) was released, which included the big hits: "Suze biserne", "Minut srca tvog", "Nebo boje moje ljubavi" and "Samo navika" collaboration with Croatian singer Oliver Dragojević.

In addition to the aforementioned song of the same name, the album also includes hits such as: "Jel zbog nje", "Kasno je", "Nemam snage da se pomirim" and "Ako poludim".

Amongs those singers were Lidija Bačić, Andrea Šušnjara, Lea Mijatović, Slavica Buzov and Zorana Kačić.

The girls take turns and sing in front of the jury, which includes the original band member Tonči Huljić, singer Đorđe Novković, Mirko Fodor and Duško Ćurlić.

Magazin together with Andrea released the debut single "Kemija" ("Chemistry"), and immediately became a huge success in Croatia and internationally, gaining 10 million views on YouTube channel till this day.

Their biggest hits are "Put putujem" (The path I’m travelling), "Ti si želja mog života" (You are the desire of my life), "Oko moje sanjivo" (My sleepy eye), "Sve bi seke ljubile mornare" (All girls would kiss the sailors), "Balkanska ulica" (Balkan street), "Istanbul", "Zna srce, zna" (The heart knows, knows), "Boli me" (It hurts), "Besane noći"(Sleepless nights), and many more.

Songs of Magazin are so popular in region of SFRJ most prominently in countries of Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and North Macedonia.

Serbian folk singer Ceca sang "Put putujem" (The path I'm travelling) on 2007 New Years Show on Pink TV channel in Serbia.

[22] In December 2018, Dragica Zlatic posted a cover of Magazin song "Dani su bez broja" (Days are without a number) originally sang by Jelena Rozga and Esma Redžepova and as of 2024 has 14 million views on her YouTube channel.